Nosocomial amplification of MERS-coronavirus in South Korea, 2015

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 261-269

  Majumder, Maimuna S ^a,b   Brownstein, John S ^b,c   Finkelstein, Stan N ^a,c   Larson, Richard C ^a   Bourouiba, Lydia ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome); Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; COINFECTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; VENTILATION;

EID: 85038071780     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trx046     Document Type: Article

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